About block 917,427
Bitcoin block 917,427 was mined by ViaBTC on October 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 917,426. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,294 transactions in 0.55 MB (36.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 917,427 is number 148 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,868 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,573 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,099 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.